Ultrashort Microwave-Pumped Real-Time Thermoacoustic Breast Tumor Imaging System

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 839-844

  Ye, Fanghao ^a   Ji, Zhong ^a   Ding, Wenzheng ^a   Lou, Cunguang ^a   Yang, Sihua ^a   Xing, Da ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

breast tumor; Thermoacoustic imaging; ultrashort microwave; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; MICROWAVES; PULSE GENERATORS; THERMOACOUSTICS; TRANSDUCERS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

BREAST TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR IMAGING; CLINICAL APPLICATION; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; REAL TIME PERFORMANCE; THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING; THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING (TAI); ULTRASHORT MICROWAVE PULSE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EWE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING PHANTOM; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PULSE GENERATOR; THERMOACOUSTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASHORT MICROWAVE PUMPED THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERAPEUTIC USE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SHEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84963770314     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2015.2497901     Document Type: Article

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